Hello folks:
I sent this or tried to a few days ago, and something must have
happened to it, so here it is again (at least for me, if not for you).
This must be your first time.
Some of the jargon used on this board is just impenetrable, at
least for me. What does it mean? In English? I
Thank you one and all for your replies re: the nightmare W108. I will keep you
all abreast of developments. On the bright side, at least rust isn't on the
list of issues. This is a major novelty for a Canadian.
Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever put a 617 in a W108? Since it fit in the
One of my co-workers had one in the 70s when he was in the military.
Totaled it by hitting a steer that wandered out one night on Hwy 60
near Ft. Knox -- knocked the steer over and it sorta squashed the car.
Peter
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ALDA is short hand for Altitude Compensator (MB official terminology,
actually). Pressure sensor on the injection pump to automatically
compensate for atmospheric pressure on NA diesels and to add fuel with
added boost on turbos.
IIRC is if I remember correctly
the first one is just what it
That was common in Europe. Performance is about the same between the
six and the turbo 617, loggy compared to the 4.5. It will drop right
in, but you need a different length front driveshaft, I think.
Peter
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ALDA is short hand for Altitude Compensator (MB official terminology,
actually). Pressure sensor on the injection pump to automatically
compensate for atmospheric pressure on NA diesels and to add fuel with
added boost on turbos.
It's an acronym for the German name for the dingus. The
ernest breakfield wrote:
as for inflated, that might just be a matter of perspective; i'd
like to think that i got mine when they were just 'undervalued', and
most Amerikuns are only just now beginning to appreciate the true value
of a good MBZ diesel. ;-)
What is the typical 25
Actually, yes, we have found that VW diesels are severely overpriced.
More overpriced it seems than MBs are.
As to whether the price is on the upswing or on the down, I don't know.
Brian
On 10/1/07, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
dave walton wrote:
Most of the Veggie-Oilers are
Thanks, Robert. As another non internet savvy guy, I have wondered
what YMMV means, or whatever it is that you guys use.
And Robert, wait 'til you see SWMBO.
Brian
On 10/1/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ALDA is short hand for Altitude Compensator (MB official terminology,
Also, the Canadian gov't wouldn't use a Mercedes. They only use locally
built dreck...poor fools. You can tell if it's bullet proof glass because
the glass is approximately 27mm thick! It's five panes thick not two.
The armored cars are very heavy and the glass is a funny green
colouryou'll
=IIRC = if I remember correctly
BTW, = by the way
SWMBO = she who must be obeyed, probbably taken from the original Star Trek
series
YMMV = you mileage may vary
WTF = what the firetruck?!?!?!?
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Not that this is the forum for to share this, but I will anyway:
A thought occurred to me the other day as my wife and I were in the
drug store: I heard two loud talking younger people with piercings and
appropriate accompanying dress discussing something. The boy was
talking about some encounter
Ahhh -- Then you need to get up to four, so you can compromise back
down to three! I have finally convinced mine that we need one more
car than drivers, and that it's less expensive than keeping one new
car per driver.
On 10/1/07, Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Want to? Yeah, I might,
$236.00 aftermarket
$269.00 genuine
Rusty Cullens
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From: Kevin Kraly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 9:05 PM
Subject: [MBZ] '83 300SD radiator
Yep, used to have one here with a 617 non turbo installed.
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From: David Bruckmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W108 4.5:
SWMBO = she who must be obeyed, probbably taken from the original Star
Trek
series
Rumpole of the Bailey, IIRC.
-- Jim
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Jim Cathey wrote:
SWMBO = she who must be obeyed, probbably taken from the original Star
Trek
series
Rumpole of the Bailey, IIRC.
Wikipedia mostly agrees
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpole_of_the_Bailey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_%28novel%29
And I don't think the AMG rims,or more tires are up to the job of the extra
weight of an armored car.
Ed 300E
On 02/10/2007, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also, the Canadian gov't wouldn't use a Mercedes. They only use locally
built dreck...poor fools. You can tell if it's bullet proof
Thanks, Robert. As another non internet savvy guy, I have wondered
what YMMV means, or whatever it is that you guys use.
And Robert, wait 'til you see SWMBO.
Brian
Your Mileage May Vary. It means I came to X conclusion or got X result,
however YOU may not.
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87
Maybe this will help - http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm
AFAIK - As Far As I know
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
YMMV - Your mileage may vary
TDC - Top Dead Center
TPS - Three pointed star
there's so many that are specific to cars and Mercedes' I won;t try to list
them all. If there;s one you can't
On 10/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd rather have it with the CDI V6 from the E-class.
A friend, just back from a three week European trip reports seeing many new
Chrysler 300 diesels powered by this engine.
Not enough power for a pickup.
Sez who? I don't care about
We are in a 20 year long horsepower revolution, driven mostly by America's
love for performance. We are to the point where any major brand delivers
excellent performance for a little more money, you can buy a hot rod from
any major manufacturer.
Most younger car buyers don't understand this and
Today you can get a screamer that gets pretty decent fuel efficiency,
runs much much cleaner, is quite reliable and tractable, handles (and
stops) well, much safer, and still pretty reasonable price. Or if you
want to hot rod one yourself, parts are reasonable, and you still get
most of the
That's today and is the result of the horsepoer revolution I mentioned,
let's see what happens over the next 2 - 3 years.
Tom
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From: Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 10/02/07 12:58 PM
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Subject: Re:
SWMBO = she who must be obeyed, probbably taken from the original Star Trek
series
Star Trek? Oh my goodness gracious sakes.
RLE
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dangerous question; the answer is it depends, it depends on what
your idea of typical is, and whole lot of other things.
i've seen 300Ds that had over 250K miles on them and didn't have a
straight panel on them go for $5K around here, while i've seen obviously
used ones go for mere
One of my neighbors has a nice camper made from a sprinter, sort of a modern
VW camper. Pricey for what they are, but I sure do like them.
George Larribeau
Dallas Texas
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From: Kevin Kraly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent:
IIRC, SWMBO comes from Rumpole of the Bailey It was what he used to
refer to his wife 'She Who Must Be Obeyed' Yes he said it with capital
letters.
Manfred
83' 300D
Reply to;
=IIRC = if I remember correctly
BTW, = by the way
SWMBO = she who must be obeyed, probbably taken from the
I have replaced my injectors recently and have decided to keep the old ones as
spares. The core value is $17 each and came to the conclusion that I want to
keep them. I intend to have them serviced locally.
The replacement injectors had BOSH stamped on them with India stamped on the
lower
No it's earlier than that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)
On Oct 2, 2007, at 11:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
SWMBO = she who must be obeyed, probbably taken from the original
Star Trek
series
Star Trek? Oh my goodness gracious sakes.
RLE
George Larribeau wrote:
It is most likely that my old injectors will need new nozzles. I have
seen another nozzle provider that is Italian Bosio, I believe. Any one
ever mess with this??
Common wisdom is that a German nozzle with 250k miles and no damage is
far superior to a brand new
Howdy all -
Just finished replacing my vacuum pump. With 140k on this one I thought it
was time to play it safe.
The instructions in the WSM are pretty brief. It's 43-0618 - if you need a
copy let me know but it;s so basic as to be useless. Basically it shows a
image of the pump and the
I drive by this lot every day, Chris has had this thing forever. A
couple years at least
Ed
On 10/1/07, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How can this have an Indiana title? Old enough to be exempt? Looks
like a fun toy but pretty expensive.
My 76 300D leaves a spot of fuel on the garage floor. I had assumed it was time
to replace the hoses from the tank
and got the same from Rusty. I have now crawled under and looked and discovered
that the fuel hoses go out of the
tank close to the middle on the front and do not appear to be
Age and miles of service really don't matter. You don't know if they
need new nozzles until you test and adjust them. The spray pattern will
tell you if they are worn out and the pressure at which they spray will
tell you if you need to adjust the spring tension with shims.
I have a pressure
Tis interesting. I have heard that another common expletive is originally
related to criminal charges For Unlawful
Carnal Knowledge. If that is true, then one day some of these newer acronyms
may well become words. I don't really
think that GTFO is pronouncable. I also guess a lot of this has to
Oh okay. I thought Van Halen made that up.
Brian
Randy wrote:
Tis interesting. I have heard that another common expletive is
originally related to criminal charges For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.
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On 10/2/07, Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh okay. I thought Van Halen made that up.
They didn't, but somebody else did. It's no more the correct
etymology of the word than is Fix It Again, Tony for FIAT.
Alex Chamberlain
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The Vega (like the Corvair) was a corporate answer to the need for an
'inexpensive' 'economical' car. Unlikely that there was a lot of development
time in these projects. Early Vegas had as we now say in the electronics
industry poor Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF). Many on the software
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/437899194.html
All I can say is WOW! This is a beauty.
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS - DOA
The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz
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So fill us in. What is the origin of the word??
Randy
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alex Chamberlain
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:43 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Jargon: Request for
Very nice but a collector's car rather than a daily driver unless one is much
more of an eccentric than even most
of us are. Nice to look at but I don't think I want one.
Randy
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Sent: Tuesday, October
Peter Frederick wrote:
ALDA is short hand for Altitude Compensator (MB official terminology,
actually). Pressure sensor on the injection pump to automatically
compensate for atmospheric pressure on NA diesels and to add fuel with
added boost on turbos.
The altitude compensator on
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
I'd drive that ALL DAY.
Bob R.
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Think I stained my shorts
Very nice but a
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through Kaleb)
Randy
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$48,500 is actually not a bad prce for the car if it's as nice as it
looks. I own a hard top, 4 door version of the same car I wish its
value was somewhere close!
Tom
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Sent: 10/02/07 06:14 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion
With my oldest getting closer to drivers ed, I am stalking something
for me to drive. Found a few interesting things you may need.
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/437520618.html - 87 TD
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/437441260.html -- MOG $11k
It would be a tail wagon. On the rare sunny day in Seattle I could
cruise the junior colleges and troll for arm candy
clay
On 2 Oct 2007, at 16:13, Robert Rentfro wrote:
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
I'd drive that ALL DAY.
Bob R.
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I rode my 92 Harley Davidson home with no oil. I blew out the bottom of
the timing chest figured that the damage was already done. I went 35
miles, no problem but the engine would not turn over after I stopped it.
The total damage was about $4,960.
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there are a few of those around here (hardtop) and they command a
higher price even as rusted junk. Somebody is selling them for
around $7k in need of complete overhaul. I will keep looking for the
pagodas though
clay
On 2 Oct 2007, at 16:24, Tom Hargrave wrote:
$48,500 is actually
Redghost wrote:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/car/436363202.html -- 84 16v 5spd
Looks like a 16v. Underhood looks correct, including SLS pump
and reservoir. No interior pics. Can't tell if the wing has a
USA 3rd brake light in it. Euro lights. If it's a 1984 US car,
then it's a clone.
MB windows have 3 main failure points. of these, 1 is specific to
electric windows, and one is related to manual AND electric windows.
1. Motor failure. Find a good replacement at a junkyard, or buy a
new one from Rusty.
2. The above described rivet failure. I have had this only in
My daughter sent me a link to this website. in the banner, the next
to the right photo is a black and white rendition of my daughters 82
380SL before it got crunched and my son's 110 1966 200D 2.4 . Photo
was taken a few years ago at Lincoln Highway Days car show at a nearby town.
I don't know what the situation is in the US but over here old muscle
cars of the late 60's and 70's are getting crazy prices.
My theory is that the people who really love them are now cashed up due
to the economic boom and are spending up big on their dream cars.
Like this one which is only a
That's my recollection as well.
On 10/2/07, MG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IIRC, SWMBO comes from Rumpole of the Bailey It was what he used to
refer to his wife 'She Who Must Be Obeyed' Yes he said it with capital
letters.
Manfred
83' 300D
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Norman, OK
There are three kinds
Beautiful place !!!
Photo attached was taken off the end of our dock on October 1 at a little
after 8 AM. (Assuming the photo gets
through Kaleb)
Randy
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You guys watch too much PBS. (Me too.)
On 10/2/07, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's my recollection as well.
On 10/2/07, MG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IIRC, SWMBO comes from Rumpole of the Bailey It was what he used to
refer to his wife 'She Who Must Be Obeyed' Yes he said it with
If anything ever happens to this marriage (#2), the #3 (if it happened)
would have to be referred to as She Who Strives To Make HIM Happy.
Come to think of it, I've already got that now.
On 10/2/07, MG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IIRC, SWMBO comes from Rumpole of the Bailey It was what he used to
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/car/437899194.html
All I can say is WOW! This is a beauty.
Boise. It's dry(ish) down there, a car has a chance
of living awhile.
-- Jim
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Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I drive by this lot every day, Chris has had this thing forever. A
couple years at least
I guess he does not want to move too badly otherwise he would not be
asking $15K for a rusty 27 year old utility 4x4.
Allan
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1983 300D
1966 230
It's the same stuff.
The expansion tank is inside the trunk, and the vent itself (on a W115
chassis) is hidden by the rear bumper on the right side.
On the W123 chassis, there is another hose that comes down to a flared
rubber valve fitting near the rear axle.
Peter
W108/109 electric regulators suffer from excessive tooth wear on the
rack, mostly due to distortion of the aluminum motor housing and/or
failure to shim it square. This causes the helical gear on the motor
to rub the teeth off the rack, allowing the window to drop.
Very,very common (as in
I have some good 108 regulators. I don't remember if the car has
electric or manual, but i think electric. All the electric
regulators fail on the teeth, at least on the models I have
seen123 and 126 mostly. They are for sale, if anyone needs them
Loren
At 08:45 PM 10/2/2007, you
Hi Rusty
require all 4door seals for the 300sel and also
the chrome Side mouldings for both sides . 4 pieces per side.
Please Do let me know if available.
mak
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On 10/2/07, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My daughter sent me a link to this website. in the banner, the next
to the right photo is a black and white rendition of my daughters 82
380SL before it got crunched and my son's 110 1966
From: ernest breakfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dangerous question; the answer is it depends, it depends on what
your idea of typical is, and whole lot of other things.
i've seen 300Ds that had over 250K miles on them and didn't have a
straight panel on them go for $5K around here, while i've
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